tabletennis6 years ago
Manika Batra becomes first Indian to bag ‘Breakthrough Table Tennis Star’ award
SportsCafe Desk
Commonwealth Games News
 | tabletennis4 years ago Indian Table Tennis legend Venugopal Chandrasekhar passes away at 63 Former Table Tennis player and three-time national champion Venugopal Chandrasekhar passed away at the age of 63, in Chennai, on Wednesday, due to Covid-19. Following his retirement, the Arjuna Awardee took up coaching and since then produced several successful players, like Sathiyan Gnanasekaran. SportsCafe Desk |
 | tabletennis5 years ago Believe good times are just round the corner, says Manika Batra Indian paddler Manika Batra ended the 2018 season with many medals and awards in her bag but a reality check struck her as she dropped out of the top-50 rankings in 2019 after a string of inconsistent performances. Keeping Olympics qualification in mind, Manika is eyeing a return to the top-50. SportsCafe Desk |
 | tabletennis7 years ago India’s Manika Batra and Mouma Das lose doubles final as they settle for silver Following their star performances in the team event, Manika Batra and Mouma Das have lost their women’s doubles Table Tennis final and settled for the silver medal. The duo was completely outplayed by the Singaporean duo of Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu as they lost 11-5, 11-4 and 11-5. SportsCafe Desk |
| tabletennis7 years ago CWG 2018 | Manika Batra's twin wins leads India to a women’s team gold in table tennis Manika Batra’s sensational performance in the final led India to a Table Tennis gold medal for the first time in the CWG history as they won 3-1 against Singapore. Batra won both her singles matches while Mouma Das and Madhurika Patkar won the doubles game to help India register their 7th gold. SportsCafe Desk |
 | tabletennis7 years ago CWG 2018 | Sanil Shetty travels to Gold Coast as replacement for Soumyajit Ghosh The Commonwealth Games Council and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) have approved the Table Tennis Federation of India’s (TTFI) request to include Sanil Shetty in the squad in place of the suspended Soumyajit Ghosh. The latter has been accused of rape and was subsequently suspended from the team. SportsCafe Desk |
